Soil Data Explorer - KAHLER

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KAHLER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KAHLER, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to KAHLER were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
47	71C0026	S1971UT057001	Kahler	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.3194427,-111.8680573

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the KAHLER soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the KAHLER series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the KAHLER series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the KAHLER series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KAHLER share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the KAHLER series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the KAHLER series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KAHLER, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing KAHLER as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name	Symbol	Map Unit Area (ac)	Map Unit Key	National Map Unit Symbol	Soil Survey Area	Publication Date	Map Scale
Kahler silt loam, bedrock substratum, 35 to 70 percent slopes	12F	1307	61035	21hw	or021	1978	1:24000
McGarr-Kahler complex, 12 to 35 percent north slopes	111D	1776	62072	22lb	or604	1988	1:24000
McGarr-Kahler complex, 35 to 60 percent north slopes	111E	1663	62073	22lc	or604	1988	1:24000
Umatilla-Kahler-Gwin complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes	5859CO	320	3120242	1nz0q	or607	2018	1:24000
Kahler ashy silt loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes	6048AO	7	3120758	1t1m7	or607	2018	1:24000
Kahler-Klickson-Tolo complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	4228AW	71	3385285	2ksvc	or626	2018	1:24000
Kahler stony ashy loam, 2 to 20 percent slopes	4329AO	42	3385413	znj9	or626	2018	1:24000
Hutchley-Bocker-Kahler complex, 20 to 50 percent south slopes	4323NO	37	3385406	znj4	or626	2018	1:24000
Tolo-Kahler-Silvies complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	4313AO	28	3385395	1vtl6	or626	2018	1:24000
Kahler-Linecreek-Getaway complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	5777CO	492	2437304	1r1p7	or631	2018	1:24000
Umatilla-Kahler-Gwin complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes	5859CO	338	2486849	1nz0q	or631	2018	1:24000
Kahler-Linecreek-Getaway complex, 60 to 90 percent north slopes	6065DN	38	2437450	nj72	or631	2018	1:24000
Kahler silt loam, bedrock substratum, 35 to 70 percent slopes	92F	214	61405	21wt	or648	1977	1:24000
Umatilla-Kahler-Gwin association, 35 to 70 percent slopes	108F	72290	64420	2512	or667	1984	1:20000
Umatilla-Kahler association, 35 to 70 percent slopes	107F	9736	64419	2511	or667	1984	1:20000
Kahler gravelly ashy loam, granite substratum, 35 to 70 percent slopes	41F	3016	64500	253n	or667	1984	1:20000
Umatilla-Kahler association, 15 to 35 percent slopes	107E	1114	64418	2510	or667	1984	1:20000
Kahler silt loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes	40C	706	64498	253l	or667	1984	1:20000
Kahler silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes	40E	347	64499	253m	or667	1984	1:20000
Kahler-Linecreek-Getaway complex, 30 to 60 percent north slopes	150	3130	84523	2tyk	or670	1999	1:24000
Kahler-Linecreek-Getaway complex, 60 to 90 percent north slopes	151	1097	84998	2vfw	or670	1999	1:24000
Kahler-Anatone complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	148	920	84521	2tyh	or670	1999	1:24000
Kahler-Anatone-Rock outcrop complex, 60 to 90 percent slopes	149	132	84522	2tyj	or670	1999	1:24000
Kahler gravelly loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	KaC	770	506569	k03y	ut609	1974	1:24000
Kahler gravelly loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	KaB	330	506568	k03x	ut609	1974	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KAHLER soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry (updated 2023-10-04).